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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan K. Smith, Saline, MI (US);
Douglas M. Smith, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ramkumar K. Mandalam, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ;
Abstract
A method for obtaining lineage committed human cells imbued with enhanced proliferative potential, biological function, or both, comprising culturing lineage committed human cells under physiologically acceptable liquid culture conditions, where the liquid culture medium is replaced at a rate and for a time sufficient to obtain the human lineage committed cells imbued with enhanced proliferative potential, biological function, or both; and isolating the cultured cells.